Folding box or shipping-case.



E. w. BONFIELDQ I FOLDING BOX 0R SHIPPING CASE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-4, NUS.

1 ,1 88,401. Patent-ed June 27, 1916. 2 SHEETS SHEET L- V 1am Emmgns 11ABangs/0 3. UNITED sT EMMONS w. BoNFIELn, or GRAND RAPIDS,

FOLDING BOX on Application filed August 4,

To all whom it may concern Be it known thatI, EMMONS W. 'BON- FIEL acitizen of the United States of at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kentand State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin FoldingBoxes or and I do hereby declare the Shipping-Cases followingto be,

a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,

such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

This invention relates to a folding box or shipping case especiallyadapted for the transportation of a large number of shoe boxes.

It is the object and purpose of the in-v ventionto provide a case ofthis character .which may be made from fiber board or the like, andofthe size sufficient to contain I p a large number will not buckle orthe weight of the merchandise which it contains. Inused to shipwholesaler. saler it is necessary shoes to supply the trade and isfy theconditions. and overcome the of boxes of shoes yet which otherwisedistort under practice this shipping case is first from themanufacturer. to the After it reaches the wholeto sort the boxes ofdemands of the retai my invention is designed to 1 culties which are metin this instance particularly.

The various constructions and arrangements of, parts which are used inthe em-,

the novel Figure bodiment of my invention together withfeatures ofconstrue therefrom, will; fuller understanding is had and useful 'ingshipping case incollapsed condition so as to occupy t1on when sent theuser.

little: space for transportafrom the manufacturer to Fig. 2 illustratesin perspective the shipping case as it appears previous to placingarticles of merchandise therein, one

side of the case being open.

Fig. 3 is a perspective taken from in front and above the shippingshowing t case after "it -is closed* and: e .method of sealing the case.

Figs. 4 and 5 are perspective vlews of the inner and.

spectively the posit outer members of the case, reand Fig. shows inperspective, us 9f the inner and outer parts the end '8, this end 1Oalso 1 each of the sides 7 8, 9 an 1S made where the flaps mama,nssrenon 'ro AMERICAN BOX BOARD GOMPANY,'OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, ACORPORATION OF MICHIGAN SHIPTING-CASE.

1915. SerialNo. 43,635.

of the case that will be resorted to during the process of sorting boxesof shoes in the case.

Like reference characters refer to like parts throughout the. severalviews of the drawings. i My shipping case comprises in its con-.struction an inner and outer member, the outer member including a side1, an end 2 bent at right angles therefrom, a side 3 bent parallel tothe side 1 and an end 4 bent at right angles from the side 3 andparallel to the end 2 terminating in an extension 5 that lies againstthe inner side of theside 1 and to which staples or other suitablefastenings. Flaps 6 project from dne edge of eachv of the sides andends. 1, 2, 3 and 4. The inner member also contains a side 7 bent atright angles therefrom, a side 9 parallel to the side 7 and an end 10bent at right angles to the side 9 and parallel 'to having an exan end 8tension 11 similar to the extension 5 'previously described and which issecured to the side 7 as extension 5 is secured to side 1. Flaps 12project from one edge of d 10 of this mem e'r. A horizontal partition 13is located between the ends 8 and 9' having at each end thereof rightangular extensions 14 and 15 which are permanently fastened by means ofstaples or other suitable connections to the sides '7 and 9 as shown inFigs. 2, 4 and It the sides 1 and 3 with the and also of the sides 7 and9 8 and 10 a corner is formedmonsisting of a narrow strip 16 whichisoffset a slight dis-. tance from .said sides and ends, there being adouble bend in making the right angular turn from a side such as 1 toan, end such ends; 2 and 4 with the ends as 2. This permits the readyfolding of' the members of a shipping case as shown in Fig. 1 so thatthey occupy little or no space. Furthermore, a similar constructions1des and ends of the case. members, the narrow strip 17 beingconstructed in all respects similar to ends of partition 13 a similarstrip this partition -with its extensions 14 and 15. By reason of thisconstruction not only th case members. readily collapse but will bevnoted that at the junction of (iand 12 join the I the strip 16 while atthe 18 joins "4e tom of the box.

I .60 the lower "compartment and the flaps. may be turned to close frontor back of a shipping case member and .this without undue strain beingimposed upon the material composing the members case if a singleright-am provided especially in the w of said member with the tween thesides thereof and Without making t e inner portion ofsaid member whencollapsed thicker than at the ends, as fully illustrated in Fig. I. v

In the use of a shipping case the flaps" "12 o the inner member areclosed and position by or the like overlapping the adjacent edges of theouter flaps. The outer member may then be telescoped over the innermember and boxes of shoes positioned in the inner member tofill theupperand lower compartments. -.'lhe. dimensions of the inner member aresuchthat the outer member'may 5 be passed over it, sides 1 and 3lying-outside of sides '7 and -9 and similarly ends 2 and 4 -outside ofends 8 and 10. v box. or case when filled is closed and by means ofsealing tape 19 from 20 connecting; the edges of sides and 4 with theflaps e inner-member. Y x be-noted that when the shipping case is filledor being filled with articles of merchandise i strongly reinforced atthe sides and ends, there'being a double thick- -V ness of material atboth the sides and ends whilethe fl 7 p v 12 artially overlap ping eachother reinforce the "top and bot partition 13" be- I hippinga lot ofshoes from the manufacturei' to the wholesaler, a single shipping tionedover the inner memberfrom the rear I 55. t ereof. as shown in Fig. 6. Itisnecessary- .to"do this in order to I f Strength and rigidity to theshipping case. the operation of sorting" shoes vfor =in stance-if part,of the 'shoespart from 1 the upper compartment there wi I v .enclyofthe sides 7 and 9' to buckle or distort which is resisted by the sides 1and 3 of the 3 outer mei nber;"'any attempted distortion ofmannerOvefcqme V an open have with respect to one another.

inner member to permit the ready collapsing 18 of course understood thatit v ping and carrying of many and, ends, structed of sides and endsends with fia-pse'xtending said sides and ends, the sides, ends andflaps tweenthe sides of 'endhavin' are taken from gles and hingedtothepartition and secured ll 1 .be a bend and taken care of by reasonthe particir lar construction of the members of the caseand propertieswhich they After the goods have been's'orted and the case filled withthe desired numbers and styles it ma be again sealed'as beforeandshipped by the wholesaler to the retailer.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that I have provided a veryuseful construction of shipping case and one which may be thetelescoping made of light material such as fiber board or the like andcollapsed 'tooccupy little or no space when sent by the manufacturer ofthe case to the wholesaler who will use it. Furthermore .by reason ofthe construction outlined, a very serviceable and durable case i is madeand one readily adapted to vwithstand the rough usage towhich it may besubjected in transportation from one place toanothen Variousmodifications in minor detail may be resorted to without departing fromthe invention definedcin the appended claims and all modificationsfalling Within the scope of said claims are to be considered ascomprehended within my 'invention. And while-in the ping case has beenreferred useful in holding shoe boxes or cartons, it is not limitedforegoing descri tion the ship-. o as especially to such use but may beutilized in the shipother and va- .rious articles of merchandise. claima 1. A shipping casd comprising an outer member. having sides and endswith flaps extending from one edge of each of the sides an inner membersimilarly conwith flaps extending from one edge of each ends, and aartition ner member, said inner member heingof a size to be -receivedwithin the outermember.

comprised of inner. and i .2. A shipping case outer 'mem ers, eachformed from a s ngle piece of-.material and to the sides.

3. Ashi ping'case comprised of inner and outer members, each formed of asingle piece of material and with flaps extendin from one edge of saiddos and ends, an

S1 y binge-like of said sides and located between and, connected at itsends to the sides, of the incomprising sides and from one edge ofcomprising sides and ends inc g 4. A shipping case comprised of innertween the sides andends, said-joint comprised of a double bend in thematerial with a narrow strip of material located between the said bendsand positioned normally at an obtuse angle to said sides and ends, saidinner member being slightly smaller than the outer member so as to bereceived therein,

substantially as described.

and outer members, the inner member adapted to be received withinthefouter member, each member being formed from a single piece ofmaterial and comprising sides and ends with flaps extending from oneedge of said sides and ends, a hln e-like joint between the ends ofconnecte tween the bends, a similar hinge-like joint between the flapsandthe sides and ends to which they are connected, a partition locatedbetween the sides of the inner member having an extension at each endthereof, said extensions projectin' in opposite directions and securedto the si es of the inner member,

- and a hinge like joint between the partition and the extensionsthereto similar to the joint between the sides and ends of the member,substantially as described.

ln testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses:

FRANK E. LIVERANGE, J r., H. H. 'YARRINGTON,

EMMONS W. BONFIELD. i

